Welcome to our annual DPAC Festival!
The Dallas Playwriting Arts Collective (DPAC), is a partnership between Junior Players, Kitchen Dog Theater, and the Dallas Independent School District to provide innovative programs and opportunities for high school playwrights. The DPAC partnership allows Junior Players and Kitchen Dog to serve an additional 1,000 DISD students through ongoing playwriting master classes throughout the school year.
This year’s DPAC Festival will take place at Wilmer-Hutchins High School from 8:30 am to 6:00 pm and features plays from 17 different Dallas Independent School District schools!
This program is sponsored, in part, by: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, American Airlines, Bank of America, N.A.,Co-Trustee, City of Dallas Office of Arts and Culture, Communities Foundation of Texas, Dallas Tourism Public Improvement District, Diane and Hal Brierley Foundation, Fichtenbaum Charitable Trust, George Family Foundation – Next Generation Fund, Harold Simmons Foundation, Holloway Family Foundation, Karve Media & Creative Services, March Family Foundation, Moody Fund for the Arts, National Endowment for the Arts, Simmons Sisters Fund, SullivanPerkins, TACA, Texas Commission on the Arts, Texas Instruments Foundation, The Hersh Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, and individual donors.
DPAC Production Team:
Playwright Adjudicator – Erin Burdette
Directing Adjudicator – Tina Parker
Acting Adjudicator – Jamal Sterling
Critics – Tim Johnson and Yolonda Williams
Stage Manager – Olivia Woodward
Light Board Operator – Wyatt Hood
Participating Schools (in order of appearance):
Wilmer-Hutchins High School
Playwright(s): Dontrelle F. Kayde and crew
Presenting: A Day in the Office
DISD Instructor: Russell Hyland
W.T. White High School
Playwright(s): Isabella Berber
Presenting: Trash Cans Come in Many Shapes and Sizes
DISD Instructor: Kristin Colaneri
Woodrow Wilson High School
Playwright(s): Camille Rigamonti
Presenting: The Do Over
DISD Instructor: Jenci Pavageau
Barack Obama Male Leadership Academy
Playwright(s): Miles Johnson, Jeremy Pittman, Oscar Oyervidez
Presenting: Réanimer
DISD Instructor: Joy Walker
Hillcrest High School
Playwright(s): Anaira Marquez
Presenting: For You? Espresso
DISD Instructor: Yadira Gonzalez
Moisés E. Molina High School
Playwright(s): Zulemy Ortega
Presenting: The Hestia Twins
DISD Instructor: Melyssah Colerangle
Thomas Jefferson High School
Playwright(s): Gale Espinosa
Presenting: Deadly Ever After
DISD Instructor: Raven Garcia Lawes
Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts
Playwright(s): Joe Adkins
Presenting: Hark!
DISD Instructor: Lisa Cote
Emmett J. Conrad High School
Playwright(s): Olivia G. Greenhill
Presenting: Goodbye, Galahad
DISD Instructor: Rebecca Maymi
David W. Carter High School
Playwright(s): Javion Myers
Presenting: Tell Me a Secret
DISD Instructor: Jordan Jackson
School of Health Professions at Yvonne A. Townview
Playwright(s): Allison Sisavath
Presenting: Next!
DISD Instructor: Sarah Becker
Skyline High School
Playwright(s): Bridgett Aleman Torres
Presenting: Girl X
DISD Instructor: Natalie King
W. W. Samuell High School
Playwright(s): Fernanda Medina
Presenting: 338 Ways to Cook a Carrot
DISD Instructor: Mary Ruvolo
W. H. Adamson High School
Playwright(s): Jazmin Ortiz
Presenting: The Mexican Robbers
DISD Instructor: Kendyl Watson
H. Grady Spruce High School
Playwright(s): Alison Coronado
Presenting: The Earth's Greatest Canvas
DISD Instructor: Amy Sausameda
North Dallas High School
Playwright(s): Jaolyn Cerna
Presenting: Lovely Gem, Terrible Shell
DISD Instructor: Adam Kullman
Seagoville High School
Playwright(s): TBA
Presenting: TBA
DISD Instructor: Annie Such
Special Thanks:
Dimas Delgado and Marisa A. Sanchez from Dallas Independent School District, Junior Players’ Directing and Playwright Masterclass Teaching Artists, Lisa Cote, and Russell Hyland and the students of Wilmer-Hutchins.
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